| Address: | 6, Bolshoi Karetny, Apt 5, Metro: Tsvetnoy Bulvar, Moscow, Russia |
| Contact: | +7 (495) 699 4223, http://waytorussia.net/moscow/hotel/godzilla\'s-hotel.html |
| Similar in Moscow: | Napoleon Hotel, Comrade Hotel, Sukharevka Hotel, Trans-Siberian Hostel Hotel, Home Hostel Hotel |
| Similar Worldwide: | Riga Old Town Hostel Hotel (Rīga) |
| Reservation: | www.hb-247.com/aff/waytorussia/russia/moscow/5308 |
Owned and run by a westerner, Godzilla's Hostel has the central location and has the right atmosphere for socializing. Occupying three apartments in a pre-revolutionary residential building near metro Tsvetnoy Boulevard (and Tverskaya), the hostel has eight dorm rooms and two private doubles. The rooms have a warm atmosphere, nice design, and the windows overlook a quiet street and a courtyard. Some rooms are not as nice as the others though, so if you have a chance, get the rooms with fewer beds.
A problem is that the hostel is often completely booked.
Another problem might be that the rooms have lots of beds, and that there's only three bathrooms to share between everybody, so prepare to queue in the mornings... Also, most of the beds are two-level (see photo), so if you're a couple make sure you ask for a double bed.
The prices are standard for Moscow: $25 per bed in a dorm room (sleeps from 4 to 8 people), and $60 for a private room (single, double or twin).
All the standard facilities are offered: two kitchens, lockers, luggage room, safe, washing machine. There are no lockouts, no curfew. The internet access is free for guests and the English-speaking staff will help you to find your way around the city.
The hostel provides visa support through the company called Get Russian, which we don't really like, so it's up to you whether to use them or not.
